There is an inner reality within each of us that is like a great treasure lying hidden waiting to be discovered. Someone who finds this inner treasure & recognizes its value, will happily give up all other goals & ambitions in order to make it real in their life.~John A. Sanford
The yellow-blue contrast present at sunrise (& orange-blue at sunset) = the optimal stimulus for setting your circadian rhythm for quality sleep and daytime mood, focus & alertness. Even w/cloud cover when it’s not perceptible it’s still there & is more effective than any artificial light*.
10-30min daily minimum (more on densely overcast days) sans sunglasses, blink as needed to protect your eyes. *Some people require SAD lamps to combat seasonal depression.
If we begin to understand the whole content of ourselves, from the very heart, we shall not look to another. Then we shall be our own saviours, we shall be our own teachers and our own pupils.
Your body is wise.
Your intuition is strong.
You can feel when someone isn’t telling the truth in your body.
Take a deep breath and remember who you are…
If you want to improve your mental health, you need to pay attention to your physical health.
If you want to improve your physical health, you need to pay attention to your mental health.
Although this should be obvious, these are often treated separately.
"You are not broken. You are not lacking. You are not a problem to be solved. You are a perfectly imperfect human being, doing the best you can with what you have." - Michael Neill
#caffeineforthesoul
The end result of childhood trauma is adults who believe their role is to decode and control other people's emotional states.
This is not empathy: it's hypervigilance.
Healthy people don't expect you to monitor their emotions.
They'll directly tell you if they're upset. They'll come to you with the issue. They don't expect you to mind read.
Putting people on eggshells is a normalized form of emotional abuse.
"Break the old pattern of present moment denial and present moment resistance. Make it your practice to withdraw attention from past and future whenever they are not needed." - Eckhart Tolle
"The moment you realize you are not present, you are present. Whenever you are able to observe your mind you are no longer trapped in it." - Eckhart Tolle
The way out is through awareness. Stop defining the disturbed mind as a negative experience; just see if you can relax behind it. When your mind is disturbed, don’t ask, “What do I do about this?” Instead ask, “Who am I that notices this?”~Michael Singer
Ever had an experience you can't explain? Whatever the words used – eg metaphysical, mystical, paranormal, spiritual etc – these anomalous experiences are much more widespread that we might think. I checked out some surveys on this in my blog piece. https://t.co/DeLpKD8Cu8
“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.”
Mary Oliver on creativity and "the third self" https://t.co/AttdRqMwnO
"When you completely accept this moment, when you no longer argue with what is, the compulsion to think lessens and is replaced by an alert stillness." - Eckhart Tolle
Friendships can profoundly affect our happiness and well-being—but they're not always easy to maintain. These 4 suggestions can help. https://t.co/v4vRsRJ4YX